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Elementary grade students investigate heat transfer in this activity to design and build a solar oven, then test its effectiveness using a temperature sensor. It blends the hands-on activity with digital graphing tools that allow kids to easily plot and share their data. Included in the package are illustrated procedures and extension activities. Note Requirements: This lesson requires a "VernierGo" temperature sensing device, available for ~ $40.

This item is part of the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit research and development organization dedicated to transforming education through technology. The Consortium develops deeply digital learning innovations for science, mathematics, and engineering.

12. Habits of Mind

3-5: 12C/E3. Keep written or electronic records of information so that the records are understandable weeks or months later.

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Alignments

Standards for Mathematical Practice (K-12)

MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

MP.6 Attend to precision.

Geometry (K-8)

Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and
mathematical problems. (5)

5.G.1 Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

5.G.2 Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

Units (2)

This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: Conservation of EnergyUnit Title: Renewable Energy Sources

Multimedia activity combines a hands-on lab with digital temperature graphing. Kids investigate heat transfer as they design and build a simple solar oven, then test its effectiveness by using a $40 temperature sensing device. Plug the device into a laptop, and the graph is automatically generated by data captured from the solar oven as it heats up from the sun's warmth.

Multimedia activity combines a hands-on lab with digital temperature graphing. Kids investigate heat transfer as they design and build a simple solar oven, then test its effectiveness by using a $40 temperature sensing device. Plug the device into a laptop, and the graph is automatically generated by data captured from the solar oven as it heats up from the sun's warmth.

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